J Sainsbury (Sainsbury's or 'the company') is engaged in the retailing services with business interests in financial services and property investments. The company operates in the UK, where it is headquartered in London. It employed 160,500 people (of which 111,100 were part-time employees) as on March 15, 2014.

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John Lewis Partnership (JLP or 'the company') is a privately-held retailer operating supermarkets and department stores. The company is a worker co-ownership where all the staff members are partners in the business. JLP primarily operates in the UK where it is headquartered in London. It employed about 86,600 people as of January 25, 2014.

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The Kroger Co. (Kroger or 'the company') is a grocery retail chain in the US. The company operates supermarkets and multi-department stores under a number of banners including Kroger, Harris Teeter, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, Fry's, King Soopers, Smith's, Dillons, Jay C, QFC and City Market. Kroger primarily operates in the US. It is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and employed about 375,000 people as of February 1, 2014.

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Tesco (or 'the company') is a leading food and grocery retailer in the UK. It also retails non-food products. The company operates in Europe and Asia. It is headquartered in Hertfordshire, the UK, and employed 510,444 people (on an average) as of February 22, 2014.

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Woolworths Limited (Woolworths or 'the company') owns and operates retail stores that sell food, liquor, fuel, general merchandise and home improvement products in Australia and New Zealand. It is headquartered in Bella Vista, Australia, and employs more than 197,000 people.

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SpartanNash Company (SpartanNash or 'the company') is one of the largest food distributors in the US, serving military commissaries and exchanges. The company distributes food to military commissaries and exchanges and independent and corporate-owned retail stores located in 44 states and the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Axores, Bahrain and Egypt. It is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan and employed about 15,900 people as of December 28, 2013, of whom 7,100 were part-time employees...

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Sears Holdings Corporation (Sears Holdings or 'the company') operates full-line and specialty retail stores in the US and Canada. The company operates through Kmart Holding Corporation (Kmart) and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (Sears Roebuck) subsidiaries in the US and through Sears Canada (a 51%-owned subsidiary) in Canada. It is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois and employed about 249,000 people as of February 1, 2014.

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Hy-Vee, Inc. (Hy-Vee or 'the company') is an employee-owned company operating 237 retail stores across eight Midwestern states in the US. The company is headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa and employs more than 70,000 people.

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart or 'the company') operates retail stores in various formats across the world. In the US, the retail formats operated by Wal-Mart include discount stores, supercenters, neighborhood markets and other small store formats. Internationally, the company has presence in Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, China, India, Japan, Mexico, the UK and Africa. Wal-Mart is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas and employed about 2.2